Day 12

The family went home on Sunday evening and left me to my paperwork.

Had a much more interesting week this week - been helping with otter post-mortems since Monday and I had a great time :)

Had some piglets to look at on Monday, but nothing after that, so it's been an easy week in that respect. The first batch of rectal swabs we took were all negative, so we went up to the farm again on Wednesday to pick up some more. This time it was the grower and finisher pigs' turns to get swabbed, and I found it harder to do these than the sows because they're smaller and lower to the ground - which means they can wriggle out of your grasp much quicker, and can reach your head with ease. Almost lost a swab inside a pig, but luckily got it back (albeit in two pieces!).